Combined child s chair



(ModeL) T. 0-. KEELER. v COMBINED GI-IILDS CHAIR, SEES'AW, WAGON, ANDSWING. No. 251,601. Patented Dec. 27,1881.

INVBNTOR Unwrap STATES PATENT Errata THOMAS C. KEELER, OF MOUNT HOLLY,NEW JERSEY.

COMBlNED CHILDS CHAIR, SEESAW, WAGON, AND SWING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,601, dated December27, 1881.

Application filed September 24,1881. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. KEELER, of Mount Holly, in the county ofBurlington and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedChilds Chair, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention consists ofa high or table chair for children, having suchconstruction that itis adapted to be converted into a seesaw, wagon, orswing.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as it appearswhenarranged for a seesaw or wagon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation as it appearswhen arranged for a table-chair, and Fig. 3 is a similar view as itappears when arranged for a swing.

In the drawings, a a represent the front legs of the chair, which arehinged to the forward ends of the bottom side plates, 0 e; and b I)represent the rear legs, which are rigidly secured to the said sideplates. These side plates are preferably made of metal, and are made toextend rearward past the rear legs a suflicient distance to form thejournals for the wheels dd, and are braced to the legs by the braces ZZ. Between the forward ends of these side pieces is fixed the round 0,upon which the springs ff of the forward legs are placed. The forwardlegs extend upward past the seat of the chair 0, and the arms 9 g ofthechair are hinged to them by the strong hinges h h, which permit thechair to swing out or to and fro from the legs and cause it to alwayskeep right side up without reference to the position of the legs,whether vertical or horizontal. The front legs are provided with thehooked rods 3' j, and the rear legs are provided with staples or eyes jj, into which the hooked rods are adapted to be placed for holding thelegs together, as

shown in Fig.2, for constituting the table-chair.

When the device is to he used for a seesaw the rods 3' j are to bedisengaged from the said staples or eyes and the rear legs are to betipped back upon the floor, as shown in Fig. 1, in which position thefront legs serve as springsnpports for the child placed in the chair,and when arranged in this manner the device can be used as a wagon forwheeling the child about, the round It at the upper or outer ends of therear legs, b b, serving as the handle.

To adapt the device for children of different sizes when the device isused as a seesaw, the

of the front legs will come when they reach the vertical position.

In order to adapt the device for use as a swing, I providethe wheelswith the small holes pp, which are adapted to be placed upon anysuitable hooks fixed in a doorway or-other convenient place forsuspending the device in an inverted position, in which position thechair proper, C, will still be right side up for receiving and holdingthe child, as in Fig. 3.

It is obvious that the wheels cl d might be dispensed with, as thedevice could be suspended for a swing by other means, and they are notessential to the use of the device as a seesaw; but they are convenientin moving the child and the chair, and when the device is used as atable-chair they serve as a precaution against all danger of the childtipping itself over, as the wheels, as soon as the for ward legs risefrom the floor, will permit the chair to roll back, causing the forwardlegs to drop to the floor again. Besides, the wheels are some distancein rear of the rear legs, and thus make a very broad base.

It will be understood that it is not essential that the side plates, 6e, be flat, as they can be made round, oval, or in any other ornamentalseat 0, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The side pieces, 0 0, extending past the rear legs, I) b, andcarrying the wheels d d, in combination with the said rear legs and thefront legs, a a, springs ff, and the hinged seatO, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

4:. The pivoted legs a a, provided with the hooked rodsjj, incombination with the legs I) I), having the eyesjj, the legs an beingoperated by the springs ff and carrying the hinged seat G, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

the springs ff and the sliding olasps i 2', sub- 20 stantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

THOMAS CLIFFORD KEELER.

Witnesses J. SEXToN FoLWELL, T. WALTER BORTON.

